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Playtech has opened a state-of-the-art live casino studio facility in Bucharest, Romania to cater for a huge demand in licensees in the newly regulated Eastern European country. Playtech’s new Romania live casino facility employs native dealers and further bolsters its position as one of the world’s leading live casino...

The Gambling Commission has entered a heated discussion over events at Cheltenham on New Year’s Day, asking anyone to come forward who may have evidence of bookmakers forcing an unwarranted deduction from winnings on the last race, won by the favourite, Cap Soleil. A deduction of five pence in the pound...

After months of delay, Portugal has finally sent its new online poker liquidity sharing technical standards to the European Commission for approval. Last November, Portugal welcomed the first online poker site (Amaya Gaming’s PokerStars) under the country’s new online gambling licensing regime, but it wasn’t until this Tuesday that...

Os casinos de Macau fecharam 2016 com receitas de 223.210 milhões de patacas (26.565 milhões de euros), uma queda de 3,3% face ao ano passado. Os casinos de Macau fecharam 2016 com receitas de 223.210 milhões de patacas (26.565 milhões de euros), uma queda de 3,3% face ao cômputo...

The National Lottery operator, Camelot, is “considering its options” after the man who allegedly claimed a £2.5m prize by fraudulent means was named in the media as a convicted rapist. The Gambling Commission said on Thursday that it had fined Camelot£3mfor paying out the £2.5m prize in 2009 on a ticket that...

Japan is rolling the dice on casinos to help boost its struggling economy. The Japanese parliament passed a new law early Thursday that paves the way for a gaming industry that could generate more than $30 billion a year, according to analysts. At the moment, casinos are illegal in...

Problem gambling costs the UK up to £1.2bn a year, according to a report that its authors say should serve as a “wakeup call” to the government. The report, commissioned by charity GambleAware and written by the IPPR thinktank, charts the costs associated with problem gambling, such as mental health...

The amount gamblers can stake on controversialshould be slashed and councils given powers to stop bookmakers “clustering” betting shops on high streets, an influential group of MPs has said. The recommendations, timed to coincide with a government review of betting machines, won support from gambling campaigners but were dismissed as...

LONDON: MotoGP claimed a motorsport first on Wednesday by announcing a multi-year partnership with a company that monitors betting patterns for signs of fraud. Series promoters Dorna said in a statement that Sportradar Integrity Services would apply their Fraud Detection System to all 54 races across MotoGP, Moto2 and...

Afastamento da equipa albanesa deverá ser formalizado depois da decisão do TAS. A UEFA confirmou esta quarta-feira que deverá formalizar o afastamento dos albaneses do Skenderbeu da Liga dos Campeões 2016/2017, na sequência do processo de manipulação de resultados. Em junho, o Tribunal Arbitral do Desporto (TAS) deu razão...

Moscovo aprovou em Junho a abertura de casinos na Crimeia, península no Mar Negro que a Rússia usurpou recentemente à Ucrânia e anexou ao seu território. A Sociedade de Jogos de Macau (SJM) tem sido apontada como uma das empresas atentas às oportunidades ali criadas e há quem especule...

The founder of Paddy Power Betfair, Britain’s biggest bookmaker, privately lobbied against betting machines frequently dubbed the “crack cocaine” of gambling, it has emerged. Stewart Kenny, the former chief executive of the betting giant he founded, wrote that there was “no public demand” for fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs), on...

A proposta do Governo no sentido de tornar obrigatória a declaração, nas fronteiras, de montantes superiores a 120 mil patacas não deve afectar o desempenho dos casinos do território. A previsão é avançada por uma mão cheia de analistas ao serviço de bancos de investimento e agências de rating...

A polícia espanhola deteve esta quinta-feira 34 pessoas, incluindo seis jogadores de ténis, por viciação de resultados em torneios em Portugal e Espanha, que lhes terão rendido em apostas cerca de meio milhão de euros. O responsável da operação da Guardia Civil, que se estendeu por várias províncias espanholas,...

Nearly half a million children a week gamble and 9,000 are problem gamblers, according to a study by the industry regulator. The Gambling Commission’s Young People and Gambling report(pdf) found that while rates of smoking, drinking and drug-taking among children have declined, gambling rates have remained largely static, with 450,000 11-...